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Indian Air Force

Claims Swirl As India And Pakistan Assess Results Of Latest Conflict

Both sides are proclaiming the successes of their respective militaries as the dust settles on a brief but intense conflict.

Air Force One

Turning Qatar’s Gifted 747 Into Air Force One Will Be Anything But Free

Trump rightly said only "a stupid person" would turn down the free Qatari jet, but transforming it into Air Force One for a few years of service doesn't appear realistic.

KC-130

Starlink-Equipped Navy C-130s Offer Communication Boost For Pacific Missile Tests

KC-130Ts with Starlink will get test data where it needs to go rapidly, a new example of the military's growing use of commercial satellite constellations.

Cannons

Shell Game: Inside The Worldwide TNT Shortage

We talk to a major U.S. artillery shell maker about how ongoing conflicts have severely strained the global supply of critical explosive compounds.

Russian Air Force

New Small Russian Cruise Missile Captured By Ukrainian Intelligence

Lightweight, low cost, and reportedly full of foreign components, Russia's Banderol cruise missile has emerged on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

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Air-To-Air

Chinese-Made PL-15 Air-To-Air Missile Components Came Down Intact Inside India

Pakistani use of PL-15Es against Indian fighters opens up a new vector for intelligence exploitation on one of China's most threatening missiles.

Loyal Wingman

USAF Wants Collaborative Aircraft Fleet To Stress Parts Commonality For Forward Operations

In order to make CCA work, a high degree of component commonality needs to exist even across drastically different airframes.

Loyal Wingman

Two Secretive Loyal Wingman Drones Aimed At European Market In Development From Kratos

Apollo and Athena drones will focus on performance over range, and could be very valuable when paired with third and fourth generation fighters.

Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs)

New Drone Boat Unveiled At Special Operations Conference In Afterglow Of Ukrainian Success

The Kraken3 Scout Medium is designed for one-way attacks, counter-drone missions and cargo and personnel delivery.

160th SOAR "Nightstalkers"

Army’s Future Tiltrotor Gets Heavier So It Can Rapidly Convert Into Special Ops Variant

Turning UH-60s into Night Stalker MH-60s is a complicated process, and the hope is to avoid that with the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft.

B-2

B-52s Join B-2s On Diego Garcia,10 Bombers Now At Indian Ocean Island

This is the most bombers seen at Diego Garcia for many years, but it's very likely that at least some of the B-2s will rotate back home soon.

Air

Israeli-Made Harop Attack Drones Launched By India By The Dozens, Pakistan Claims

Evidence points to the potential use of long-range loitering munitions by India to attack air defenses in Pakistan.

Drones

We Talk About The U.S. Army’s New Black Widow Short-Range Recon Drone With Red Cat

As the U.S. military works to catch-up to major unmanned warfare trends on the battlefield, companies like Red Cat are stepping in.

Indian Air Force

The Air-To-Air Missiles That Equip India And Pakistan’s Fighters

Between them, India and Pakistan can bring to bear a hugely diverse array of air-to-air ordnance offering impressive capabilities, especially at long range.

AC-130

Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile-Armed AC-130J Gunships Could Be On The Horizon

Harpoons would give AC-130Js a dedicated tool for engaging enemy ships and fit well with plans to boost their capabilities with new radars.

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

OA-1K Skyraider II Walk-Around Tour With Its Test Pilot

We get an up-close look at L3Harris' Sky Warden, which is based on the AT-802 Air Tractor and is branded Skyraider II by the Air Force.

Loitering Munitions

Stealthy Special Operations Speedboats Are Getting Kamikaze Drone Launchers

The Navy's future Combatant Craft Medium Mk 2s will gain the ability to launch long-range strikes on their own.

Rafale

China’s PL-15 Air-To-Air Missile Appears To Have Been Used In Combat For The First Time

The apparent use of China's PL-15 by Pakistan in the recent eruption of hostilities with India comes as Rafale shoot-down claims swirl.

F/A-18E/F

Super Hornet Crashes Landing On USS Truman, Its Second F/A-18 Loss In A Week

USS Harry S. Truman has been striking the Houthis, with the other F/A-18 rolling off the deck during an attack on the ship by the rebels last week.